Imagining the Future of Parker Center
A report from the Bureau of Engineering has shed new light on the city’s proposal to build a new municipal office building on the site of Parker Center, the one time headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department. The city has been exploring the possibility of demolishing the mid-1950s building since 2006, when the LAPD was on the verge of relocating to the new Police Administration Building on Spring Street. The process culminated in 2014, when staff recommended that the city demolish eight-story structure and replace it with a high-rise office building.